Benedict Cumberbatch gushes about engagement

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of support following his engagement announcement.

The star revealed he had proposed to theater director/actress Sophie Hunter in a formal notice in Britain’s The Times newspaper last week, and told People magazine at the premiere of his new film, “The Imitation Game,” “I wanted to have some control over the message. I don’t Tweet or do social media. It’s too impersonal. I would rather do what we did, and have people find it, and not see us from some s—, grainy footage staring lovingly into each others eyes with a ring on someone’s finger. I wanted it to be ours.”

He want on to say, “We’re so happy, and we just wanted to let everyone know how happy we are. One of the most incredible things about getting engaged, which we had no idea would be coming back our way, is the amount of love that just comes flooding back. I thought it was just all about us declaring that we were in love and getting married, but actually it’s the world going, ‘We love you too!’ It’s amazing. Family, friends, the world… it’s amazing.”